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ALLUP DEPARTMENT. J. F. NI SB FT Fdi tor. It seems strange that our t'arm ers will take no better care 01 their cotton. We have already had a lew bales of damaged cot <<nol this season's crop. We know it is cheap, but so much the more need to take careot it. I >?? not >ave it lying on the wet grouiu alter it has been ginned lor it will rot before you think about it The Cotton 1'lant is Ik ing pub iished again. It is a splendid AI llllir;* 1 till . MTlcll 11 II l';\ I li:n.i?r !>m. - ...... v... - 'ion Itl have the support of von farmer in South Carolina. Itaim is to reorganize ami bnihl iij the Alliance, and every Alliance loan should aid in tin good .\orI; We need the Alliance now ai 41.11011 .is over bobire, aim ou "date organ idiould be maintained 1 he exchahge j>riee list alone i worth more than (lie price ??i tin paper. We will be glad to sent subscriptions tor any one. S?//> j'T//l(!. Reorganize The Alliance. It is a pity to see the apatle manifested in maintaining tin Alliance organization. It has ac :omplished a great ileal for tin farmers, if in 110 other way, lo ihowing them what their power i when organized. Every farniei can readily recall how they stamn ed the life out of the jute trust j few year" a.10, when the insolen Srust attempted to levy a tribut* npon them by raising the price o baling: and they can readily re call how effectually the squelchec the tie trust last 3Tear; and the: can equally as readily understate that they were enabled to briiij the whole force of their power b bear upon these trusts and assai them with a solid front, heeausi they had the organised machiner; at hand to marshal their forces And who can doubt that righ now, if they were as thorough I; organized and united as they wer< six and eight years ago, that the: could control the cotton market and have at least some voice ii regulating the price by regulatini 'lie amount put on the market As it is, they are practically <11* organized all over the South, am the greed of trusts and corpora ions is chuckling over the far fiat fh??y have the cotton m ir! : u their mercy. Kvery other f a" .ng and nrofessic-n 'in life alio'1 1s organized for their protectioi and mutual self-interest,and son;* of them -ire organized to prey r? lie farmer; and the farmer, should organize and remain or gauized, not to make war on ai \ r'icr calling <>r class in life, 1 'or their mutual ?elf protectioi and to take care of their indivj'. nnl interests and of that # ?f t' whole. Here is now a cotton < r r .?*-v in size than for some years ;li . i he ^peculators Mid roomy . f >( r! - orgs ; i ' ' ;i? ! ?'on>! : 'J to "et i at praticat'e ahotit t (* r rodijction, and 'lie t r ni'"" - -i null in; "?v UN UOIpiCSH f|-l I -he.?p while the shearing proc? j4 '.toinj* on. \Vf:?l hero are syridica.es a? d ri -> '>r>?1 monopolies and ?*?>rt? n exchanges and hoards of trad" ex iwting, the farmers should lovni y I'llicrc 'ind maintain their A: innce organization?not to go intn ooliticp?hot as a matter of he as a matter of self-preserva Mnii. Who ran doubt that but for the wide discussion of economic juestions by the Alliance that many of these questions would have had the prominence in the ouhlio eye that they have to-day, or that they would havens many friends and advocates nmon:; th. mihlir. men of the ivmntrr ui.,1 it. I ' V* " " / 111 ihe j>re<JH as they have to <la\ ( it is largely owing to the fact that *hov have directed public attention to certain great questions that are before the country to-day for solution, that, they have been heard and discussed in our legis I lative halls. The farmer and his sel ' crops are the lever that move the m-'business world; then, let him I move that lever by controlling it in an organized capacity, keeping {() steadily in view his great motto, "Equal rights to all; special privif leges to none." j10 ex To ltediico The Acreage. OC (h 1 The farmers of Butts Count v. . so lj<?a., are preparing to organize a ^ 1 union or alliance, l'or the purpose ^ of reducing tin; acreage in cotton. ... w ] It, is said to be more aggressive ^ . than the Cotton Planter's l'ro-1 [ rn . tective Association, and it cor-1 j. 1 tainlv has v.-rv strong and bind * -i I , in i ing provisions m t lie plan of union.: , ^ which includes lite following : i ii c ! 'o , !. Every land owner or farm i | laborer a?v eligible. No member will bo allowed j!S ' i. i .i ; In s to plant more than one acre toj dverv ! line : <i cull 'vat: o The whole union will ho s composed ol tlu? cotton growing , States. Each State will h ivo a I union, and each country an i each in district a union. I. It will he an oath bound or i . ti I ganization. mil not neeesruinully ^ c(.(.r(u society. The penalties for violating any of the rules arcJ very severe ami will cause the a\ \ . orage to he reduced in fact. Fori'" n instance, each district will have a th surveyor who will measure nil the Oi . j crops alter planting is done, and ?*a j a man who has planted more than 1 "j allowed hv the society will for- J feit two bah's to the cere for every I r excessive acre he has planted, toj^ go into the treasury of the asso l (nation. No member will employ iIK f a laborer, except for wages, wliO| 1 p is not a member, and no member n f will work a man's land whose He - rwner is not a member. They ce 1 will not patronize a merchant or co y railroad that deals with men who f0 1 are not members. They mean to f)C g reduce the cotton crop or die in sa r, the attempt. n( j The president of the county union . ( will be authorized to employ the county surveyor to investigate every suspicious case. After lie m ' has compared the diirest stock re- so 1 turns with the average of the re- ar P turns of the union's surveyor, m B (lie union's surveyor, would for fr l* feit all his compensation for any w| mistake he had made. 1 1 The increased acreage in grain r ^ . u r ^ crops would prevent millions of | t dollars of dollars from leaving t he j j I cotton States. The system would *? . J improve the lands 100 per cent jrn tjin ton years. The improvement j ho j in cattle and stock would 1 e ini ui menso. T!te increase of home j at ' made manure woul 1 save mcr<-|00 1 j ihail the tanners clear on their j. '.crops now. There are hundreds; ol oilier advantages too numerous | j to mention. ; l*1' ap HI Cotton Experts. hlJ pn Now the expert- are thrurine j?( ' i;p( a the cotton proMeto a: I are ' puzzling their feather brains to I elf account for its low price. T!my 'rn. num.! under-I.J?t\d v.av. witli ha 1 ' t I , ( '' \' t*? ' ? 111*1S ! C *bS ! !i.; 11 t!Itft V j. u') !?ie-upplv o: cotton in the I nite i Sf it. s at thi- time laH year and P" \ ith U1 >!',(? m <) !? - in I in; ano.' . i .. Gi line a < |e licje i v. i- compare, i won 1 1 f the visible supply of last year of nearly I .OuO.OOO bales, middling cotton in New \ ork should be | -e!itnit fori '? 1 eents less than a ! y< ar airo. ' Mtj If the titan who manipulate.-!1"1' I . ... J . J t or the cotton after it is made, had|,,n .half as much common sense as ere i flu* men who make it, tliey j wouldn't 1>?- lon^ in reali/iii|; 1 wh ii it i s that keeps if. down. I lie destrootion of half thc,rea 1 money in tlie world, by the do- *'a | monetization ol silver has made j I the people who use the cotton j J)]fl ^oods loo poor to buy them. jn. The consumer not being able j,^ to buy, the manufacturer cannottnu II his fabrics when manufacted. The manufacturer not being le to sell his goods is coiisjlently not able to buy the colli, and would be a fool to work up if he was. The manufacturer it being able to buy, of course e producer of cotton cannot pect to set anything for it. If the crop was to fall short 5,10,000 bales it would not effect e price, only in a speculative use. There is no market for cot-1 n goods, because there is no i r>noy to buy them with, and ithout a market for cotton goods 'ore cm le no market for the; w cotton. The cotton spinners' Lancashire, Kngland, say that e demonetization of silver in! dia lia.t destroyed tin' market \ ; these fabrics, and they do not ! ml cotton at any price. This) the lon^r and -liort of it.?At-I nt:t t otninercial. Facts About. Wheat. i lie .Jtlii llstOii '<lliiiuOI nHj H tllllt urging our farmers to once nu torn their f.!t ution 1o the ising ot tneir own "hog and | uniny" weshou'd not omit to! it in a word in behalf of wheat. I vy farmer could and should vote a few acres every year to ? cultivation of wheat. The reenville News speaks of a rnier who masons in this way: !o has five acres that hH ean sow wheat and he is not out one nt of money for cult.".ating it. the crop is a dead failure lie is > poorer. If he makes forty ishels of wheat he is opnred the icessity of spending $40 for car. If wheat should fall to 50 tits a bushel he would Htill be in polled to spend perhaps $20 r wheat. Having the spare lair and land and stock, it is a ving to him to raise this wheat ) matter what the price may be the West." In conversation with l)r. Timerman he told us that ho had wed wheat every year since '5G id he had made only two fail es, and one of them resulted dui a late frost which occurred lien the wheat was intho hoot. ?rty years with only two failos and 3'et many farmers say at wheat is too uncertain a crop bo wasting time on. Thi.- a is istaken idea and one that wo ipo will In* generally discarded id every far nmr resolve to make least one more effort to heme ind-pen loiit ifWestern dolr wheat. In thifl connection wo will ro-1 to a fact which should encoure every farmer to make a trial '<>rt. Mr II. I.. Prater, of Rates-' rjr, sowed last fall six acres of ney woods land, near the old' '!ers< n sawmill, and harvested, r< ' >? ?! an 1 cleaueil up JO hush-J 1 of line wl: .it --sixteen bushels 1 r acre. This is a fact. Per- J ps you can do as well. Any-, w, fry it; 1 ut don't roh yourf and iiseourage (he wheat by tring it in land that yon tinnk mid n't. make anything else.' vi- it a fair showing and we hevt> you will be successful. '1 fie I irst Cotton Mill. Several di Moron' towns in tin* I 'nil oil itos claim t In* nnii|no disti not ion of pint* erected fho tlrst \morioan ooti mill,hut from tin* host information it can ho ohtainoil, it seem- that tho lit properly belong to ttio town of i vorly, Mans. i'lio circunistanoos leading tip to this covory may ho of interest to our iders. Some two or throe years nifo iyor Kantoiil, of >aloin. .Mass., was iteil to I'awtueket, K. I , to attend centennial exercises hold at that ico in commemorntion of the open-' ( of tlio famous Slater mill. 1 n send- > (out the invitations to this conteu* j il en nt ' ho owner- >f the mill i iaini-, 'IIE DREAD?D CONSirNPTIO.I 4 CAN 1IK CITKKII. A. Nlrcnm? 91. C.. lit*' ClK'iniNl un?l Neleuflisl, Wilt Hciul, I'pco, Thrn?> Holt I cm ot* | IHh Nnvly Dlhcoti-rt'O Itrniv* ?licn I o NuiTerN. Editor Entkkimusk:?I have disivered a reliable cure for Consump- Aj on anil all Itrouchial, Throat and miff Diseases^ General Decline, Loss r Flesh and si! Conditions of uastitr Away, lly its timely use tliouinds ot apparent ly hopeless cases ive been cured. So prool-positive am of its power (o cure, that to make its erits known, I will send, free, to any dieted reader of your paper, three * ittles of my Newly Discovered iieineies upon receipt of Kxpressand I'ostlice address. T. A.SI.OCl'M, M. C., > I'ine St. New York. When writing thv Doctor, plc.isc n.> . lion Is paper. n.Y NEW ? ' CATALOGUES ed it to bo the first establishment of its T kind over erected in tbe United States. For some reason Mayor Kantoul was T unable to be present at the exercises, but,being1 deeply interested in historical researches, he decided at his leisure to investigate the claims of the Pawtucket mill owners. This investigation led to the discovery that the old cotton ^ mill at Beverly, Mass.,which was bnrn- of ed down in 1838, had been in operation '' for several years prior to the establishment of the mill at Pawtucket, and 1 that no less a witness than General m Washington himself could be cited in al confirmation of the fact. It seems that Jj'. General Washington while on a tour o( of the Now England .States in 17s;? made a visit to the old Beverly cotton , mill, and was s<< impressed with the ^ novelty of the spectacle that he devoted seveinl page.- of his diary to it: I description. 'PI::. old.diary is still to * he found among (General Washington's papers. j Q As the researches of Mayor Ban-J tool seemed (u sot tie the rr.ai ter beyi nd 1 all controversy, the residents of Beverly, Mass., have recently caused a. handsome tablet to he erected on the! site of the old mill commemorating the establishment of the first enterprise of its kind inaugurated in the United States. Johnny's Cheap Lemonade. Johnny wanted to earn a little money with which to buy fire-! works for the Fourth of July, and ' by dint of c 'taxing, persuaded his| I ... ? .. ll?? i.: 1. I iiiv/iiit7? ru imi'w Him 10 run n! small 1< rr.iii?iu!;? stand on the' street in front of tho houoe. A i lady came along soon after he had started in business and asked for a class of lemonade. He told her! i I that the lemonade its 0:10 pail wii31 ? live cents a glass and that in the' other pail two cents a glass. "Why do you only charge two j) cents for this lemonade, while' you charge five cents for the other?" asked tho lady. Isn't it just HH good ?" "Yes; it's just as good in either st pail," replied tho boy. "All right," said the lady, give w mo some of the two-cent lemon-|r? ade, if that is tho case." ' ' After she had drank the glass j''1 and paid for it, she said: * ' I tl ' Now, Johnnie, I want you to tell me why you only charge two w cents for this lemonade, when it is just as good as the other ?" " "Well, you see, it is just this ,*i way," replied Johnnie. "Thisj I' hero lemonade that. I chargo five!11 cents for was just as that in the Pj other pail that only cost two cents, hut Bobby Jones' little bull pup! h fell in that pail, and so I am sell- J ti ing it three cents cheaper. :i o< tzar's Kailroud Sentries. ki it Four days I eforo the Russian ^ C/.ar travels any railroad line the ,,, latter 1 h patrolled on both pules rt by sentinels, who are stationed at a distance of 20<; yards from one , another. '1 hoy keep their eyes open,but otherwise are allowed to take it easy,taking what is known m an th i 'Mlrst position," the ritle rt being slung a;ross the shoulder. " Six hours boforo the passage r>t ! d ttie imp"r; ?i train they assume i( the "secom 1 po -it ion." 'i'iiat is to j ,-i say, they -boulder their ri:!.* ? and , ' march briskly up and down, with , M every mental faculty on the qui Vive. An hour before tho imperial ^-:i train p ?r-sei they assumo the | w I . " ?? mild (JUnlllllll, hUilnilllg Willi j their hacKs toward the line and 'l L ,fl the train, and allowing no one a, under any circumstance to ap* ti proach within a hundred yards of the track until 10 minutes after ^ the Emperor has pnssod. Should tl any one attempt to approach they jl(' have orders to challenge, and if the individual continues to up- Jf. proach in spite of challonjro ami N warning, they have orders to shoot to kill.?Chicago Kecord. ui \?w iiiiiiiv, imi I have the prettiest ami !)est Organs .Made in America at prices within the reach of any men who takes quality into consideration. The Best is the ( ilEAI'EST, and while I have the. BEST I have put prices on a very reason able basis and so sure as you my organs aud hear my prices ho sure will you buy one if your purpose is to buy. REMEMBER, every rgati is GUARANTEED for e ye-vi s. All freights paid with Stool and Instretion hook KKKE. R. ,1. KERRDON, Yorkville, S. C. TUKSDW'S ELECTION. democrats Show Gains And Increased .11 sijorities in Many States. Then1 wore elections it) many of the atos hist Tuesday, ami although an IT year, the Democrats nrc very much icouraged. Several Democratic states liich went Republican last year, have 'turned to the Democratic fold, and eery where there is evidence of Demorat ic gain. Following is a synopsis f the situation as it has apperaed in ie papers: Interest iu the New York election as not confined to developments in ie city. The whole state participated i the election for chief judge of the nirt of appeals. There were several mdidates, and the winner is A. 1'. arker, Democrat. His plurality is in ie neighborhood of 50,000 votes. The ew Yolk legislature is still overhelm i ugly Republican. News from Ohio is encouraging. milt 'it i iiumj, in vv u m ii \ i ni l 11 u uiis located, and which gave McKinley heavy majority last year, went Dem ratie by about 2,000 votes. IIow the gislature will stand is not definitely tiown, though it is likely that the t I'M if I II *1 II J I I > I | I 11 II J ? III Ml' I I IJ IJI/TU i about five on joint ballot. A rumor is boon put in circulation to tin? efcLthaL llanna will he prevented from eurniiiK to tbe senate. The scheme tbi- 11.-i??n<! of puttIntf up a < an lnt? of tbeir own, tbe Democrats ill unite with anti-IIanna Itepubliins nnd elect (iovernor Bushnell. It iisiinen uremics io rim, i iiey win uite on - oilier Republican. The niior, i -aid, is giving tin- Hanna i>|?! greirt uneasiness. There i t'iij.o i'oii ?hroughoilt tin* state i'oonin .' liii H. McLean for president i I'.Hie. i In- people are giving hi 111 -.-*11; for tie* reduction of the Kcpuh an plurality from 5>?,000 last year, to line! hi i!g like linlf t hose figure^. The Iiernocrats gained ever} where i Kentucky and carried the -tale by majority of tifteeo or twenty thouKill. 'I'In* legislature will he ovrhelniingly Democratic, and there is ilk of sending Hlarkbiirn to the Hene; liiit this cannot he done until af r there is another election, as Senor Lindsay'a term doea not expire in t me. The Republicans carried Pennsylvaia by l'J4,<>00 plurality, and Massu niseii* uy annul, niu.mni. in \ irgima it* Democrats made a clean sweep l?y i increased majority. In Maryland, i?> election is ho close that it can only i? set tied by the ollicinl count; but it inks as if a Republican will succeed ^ orinan in ttie United States sennte. J ebraska shows a largely increased iajorit.y f<?r free silver. Iowa goes epublican by a majority of about 30,H).